American Idioms and Expressions

You Can Lead A Horse To Water, But You Can't Make It Drink Idiom

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You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink
What does You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink mean?		 This idiom means you can offer something to someone, like good advice, but you cannot make them take it.

Some Random Idioms
put in time
What does "put in time" mean?		 to spend time doing somethingHe put in a lot of time fixing up his house and now it looks very beautiful.
wild goose chase
What does "wild goose chase" mean?		 a chase that is futile or worthless The motorcycle riders led the police on a wild goose chase.

Owl Idioms



as one
What does "as one" mean?		 as if a group were one personThe crowd stood as one and began to cheer during the game.
chicken shit
What does "chicken shit" mean?		 fearful; cowardly
stuff a sock in it
What does "stuff a sock in it" mean?		 be quiet; shut up; stop stalking
hot under the collar
What does "hot under the collar" mean?		 angry; upset
in the course of
What does "in the course of" mean?		 duringIn the course of his life he visited over 45 countries.
one to a customer
What does "one to a customer" mean?		 each person can have or receive only one of somethingThe store had a limit of one to a customer of the cameras that were on sale.
Cut it fine
What does "Cut it fine" mean?		 If you cut it fine, you only just manage to do something- at the very last moment. 'Cut things fine' is the same. 'Cut it a bit fine' is a common variation.
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